Does it make sense to use an audio interface to input audio into your computer? For some users — it’s still a useful tool. Professional musicians are already familiar with the difference between an ...

Audio and desktop PCs have a long history of not playing well together. Most PCs get okay audio, but your average desktop doesn't have great sound-system tuning, which leaves you having to do the ...

Stereophile magazine's John Atkinson loved the Asus Xonar Essence ST/STX sound cards. They are, by far, the least expensive way of turning a PC into a genuine high-resolution audio source. Ex-movie ...

We don't get many audio questions, so I'll try my best here. As you know from your own research, the AE-7 and AE-9 are similar designs with the AE-9 getting all the trimmings like Nichicon gold caps, ...

A sound card from Microsoft for Windows PCs. The card was not widely used, but certain characteristics of the card are built into Sound Blaster and other sound cards for compatibility with the Windows ...

Putting vacuum tubes in a PC might sound a little like adding a hand crank to a Porsche, but at least one company thinks it might be the future of computer audio. Taiwanese components company AOpen, ...

Andrew today takes a look at the Creative Sound BlasterX G6 - the sound card that works with PC, Xbox one, PS4, Nintendo Switch and more! Is it worth the £130 (£110 on offer at time of publication) ...

You should know that this software works on specific hardware and is not available for all Sound Blaster devices. So, make sure to check if you have the specific hardware. However, you can always try ...

In recent years, recorded audio has undergone a renaissance thanks to the breakthrough of podcasts. It’s now easy to record audio and share it online, and things that used to require access to a ...

The USB sound card is the brains of the operation The USB sound card is the brains of the operation Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and served as commerce ...

In this post, we will show you how to restart the Sound driver in Windows 11/10. An audio driver is a software component that allows a computer to communicate with audio peripherals, such as earphones ...

The advent of inexpensive standardized 16- and 24-bit audio I/O hardware for personal computers inspired a rush of oscilloscope simulating applications. Many of these “Sound Card Scopes” are quite ...